Develop and run your Jekyll Github Pages on Cloud9
Create a new workspace
Create a new workspace using either a custom template or the ruby template.
If you choose the Ruby template you need to delete the default rails project in the workspace directory or delete the directory.
A workspace folder will be recreated with a hidden .c9 folder.
Git is configured to ignore this folder.
Install Jekyll and Github Pages
gem install jekyll github-pages
Initial Git Repository on Workspace Folder
Initial a git repository in the workspace folder.
git init
Add your github pages repository as remote.
git remote add origin <your repository>
Pull from the remote.
git pull origin master
Run the Jekyll Server
jekyll serve --host $IP --port $PORT
$IP and $PORT provide the environment’s host ip and port.